Argyll Jacket & waistcoat from 1900

[gsmacleod]

That is a great find! Very nice looking outfit and the colour is fantastic!

I have a waistcoat with pocket flaps as well and I really like the look compared to a more contemporary flapless pocket.

Shane

[McMurdo]

That is a great find! Very nice looking outfit and the colour is fantastic!

I have a waistcoat with pocket flaps as well and I really like the look compared to a more contemporary flapless pocket.

Shane

Thanks I am really happy with the colour and the condition of the set. The little details are what makes it special from the pockets flaps on both the waistcoat and jacket to the not seen any longer colour, I couldn’t be happier.

[CelticSire]

Absolutely stunning!

[OC Richard]

That's fantastic.

From the evolution-of-Highland-dress standpoint the coolest thing to me are the super big pocket flaps on the jacket.

I've seen that in Victorian photos from time to time.






It's sort of like when a fisherman pulls in his net and there's some fish that was supposed to have gone extinct millions of years ago, flopping around and quite non-extinct. Those pockets are a window into how the skirts/flaps/tashes of the traditional Scottish doublet might have evolved.

Jackets like these hint at a missing link between Argylls and Doublets

[Me cousin Jack]

I like the coarse weave.

[McMurdo]

OC Richard I agree on the pocket flaps they do give a distinct look to the jacket that has gone by the wayside now. I am just glad to have it in my collection

[McMurdo]

I sent a photo of the label to Tim at House of Labrahn and in no time at all came back with the following information:

Samuel Duncan, tailor and army clothier,
39 Frederick street ; Lived at a house, 12 Jordan Lane.
Listed in the post office directory books 1894-1905

[Standard]

Outstanding find McMurdo! It looks to be in excellent condition for being over 100 years old!

[Tobus]

I have a waistcoat with pocket flaps as well and I really like the look compared to a more contemporary flapless pocket.

I concur on that point. I have two vintage waistcoats with lower flap pockets (one with antler buttons on the flaps, one with plain buttonless flaps). I prefer that look as well, and it makes one wonder if they were intended to be worn sans jacket. Yes, it has been said that the traditionalist stance is that a waistcoat should have a jacket over it, but why would they put decorative flaps with buttons that are clearly nonfunctional if they were never meant to be seen?

The close-ups of that tweed really show off the coarseness of the wool fibers. Given its age, I'm betting this was made from the now extinct breed (Blackface?).

The colour is very nice indeed! You wear it well. I would never live it down if I wore such a colour, given my university affiliation. Anything resembling burnt orange is a no-no for me.